The Good Memories

Before you get up and start your day,

Getting ready to clock in for work and get paid,

Just to smile after being ridiculed for all the pain you may be feeling,

Try not to forget how memories don’t have to make you cry…

Any time a thought wrenches your gut,

Think about the grin they gave you deep inside,

Before being tainted by the reasons we all hide,

From truths never meant to break you…